prego platy?

[aoessand]

Had her a few weeks now first time having live bearers is she going to pop? Of course now that I'm not trying to get picture she sits right in front lol

 

[Bubbles0oO]

Looks like any day now, she is square!!!

 

[Nickie]

She looks like she will have her fry in the next week or so.

 

[aoessand]

She still hasn't dropped the fry she its holding onto them lol

 

[aoessand]

Still hadn't dropped beginning to worry is it just a matter of patients or do i need to do something？

 

[Bubbles0oO]

Just wait her out. She will often look ready to pop for several says before actually popping

 

[aoessand]

Alright just getting excited first time I've ever had live bearing fish lol

 

[Bubbles0oO]

Haha! It is something to be exited over! Good luck!

 

[Darkseid76]

I actually had your problem. I got the best result by moving her to a separate tank. I have a 5 gallon set up with a small box corner bubble filter, no gravel or lighting, java moss and floating water sprite.

I use the same exact tank water as the main tank with the only difference is water temp. After she was square I nabbed her and plopped her in the five. She gave birth about a day and a half later during early morning hours.

She had about 20 plus fry and I love that she isn't a fry eater!

By herself she isn't stressed by other fish, especially the male platy lol. Also the fry survival rate is higher than in your main tank.

 

[aoessand]

ya i have a 10 gallon im cycling now but its not ready yet so i think when it is she will go in there if she hasnt had them yet but not sure if i want to do that though, i dont see much profit in blue mickey mouse platys <could be wrong> and i dont want to have tank overloaded with them either...

 

[aoessand]

Still hasn't dropped I'm just going to leave her in the main tank and let "nature" take it's course.

 

[aoessand]

She still hadn't had any that I've seen so i guess she is just fat or has parasite...